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Enrollment
590
Elementary
DISTRICT 508 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUBLIN CITY·NCES 390470204365
Daniel Wright Elementary School
2335 W Case Rd, Columbus, OH 43235 · (614) 538-0464 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL590 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
388 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
62.8%
OH avg 59.8% . -5.3pp since 2021
Math
55.5%
OH avg 56.1% . -5.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.8% | 55.5% |
| 2023-24 | 71.6% | 74.0% |
| 2022-23 | 66.1% | 61.8% |
| 2021-22 | 68.1% | 60.5% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
64.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Daniel Wright Elementary School
Daniel Wright Elementary School's state test result (64.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Wright Elementary School this school | 590 | 65.8% | 64.4% |
| Fairfield East Elementary School Hamilton | 650 | 58.5% | 66.3% |
| Fairfield West Elementary School Fairfield | 870 | 60.0% | 69.1% |
| Hilliard Horizon Elementary School Columbus | 596 | 58.4% | 57.5% |
| Hopewell Elementary Dublin | 536 | 52.8% | 68.2% |
| Darby Woods Elementary School Galloway | 554 | 72.2% | 59.2% |
Matched among Ohio elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Daniel Wright Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #549 of 673 | #57 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #992 of 1,569 ▼ 483 | #85 of 199 ▼ 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #828 of 1,569 ▼ 200 | #67 of 199 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.1pp | #157 of 1,514 | #22 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 590 | #291 of 1,808 | #25 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #739 of 1,582 | #62 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.5% | #38 of 1,590 | #13 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.8% | #88 of 767 | #17 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.6% | #295 of 992 | #54 of 135 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
590
+30 (+5%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 444
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 19.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 590 | 34 | 17.4:1 | 66% (388) |
| 2023-24 | 571 | 34 | 16.8:1 | 65% (370) |
| 2022-23 | 584 | 33 | 17.7:1 | 49% (288) |
| 2020-21 | 560 | 29 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 725 | 8 | 90.6:1 | 54% (389) |
| 2015-16 | 708 | 34 | 20.8:1 | 42% (297) |
| 2010-11 | 546 | 33 | 16.6:1 | 48% (262) |
| 2000-01 | 633 | 38 | 16.7:1 | 10% (61) |
| 1990-91 | 444 | 28 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Daniel Wright Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (725 to 590); teachers up 325% (8 to 34).
About Daniel Wright Elementary School
Daniel Wright Elementary School is one of the public schools in Columbus, Ohio. It is a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 590 students. It has 46% more students than the average for elementary schools in Ohio (about 404).
Dublin City is made up of 23 schools with 16,967 students in all.
Of every 100 students at Daniel Wright Elementary School, about 44 are White, the largest group. The remaining students are 18% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 13% Black, and 11% multiracial. Census figures show Franklin County is about 59% White. A diversity index of 73% means there is a 73% chance two randomly chosen students at Daniel Wright Elementary School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 17.4:1. The school has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Ohio is similar, at 17.9:1. In all, 66% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 41% average among public schools in Franklin County.
In Ohio, Daniel Wright Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 64.4% actual against a predicted 64.0%.
For Franklin County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $75,176, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The county has 402 public schools and about 195,359 students.
Daniel Wright Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Gables Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
For locale, NCES codes Daniel Wright Elementary School as City: Large.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 560 (2020-21) to 590 (2024-25). Federal data show the ratio falling from 19.3:1 to 17.4:1.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,333,048
Census ACS
Median income
$75,176
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
402
195,359 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dublin City
- Dublin Jerome High SchoolHigh · 2,075 students
- Dublin Coffman High SchoolHigh · 1,824 students
- Dublin Scioto High SchoolHigh · 1,437 students
- Abraham Depp ElementaryElementary · 902 students
- Ann Simpson Davis Middle SchoolMiddle · 890 students
- Henry Karrer Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
Other schools in Columbus
- KIPP ColumbusCombined · 1,945 students
- Worthington Kilbourne High SchoolHigh · 1,623 students
- Great River Connections AcademyCombined · 1,608 students
- Franklin Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,398 students
- Northland High SchoolHigh · 1,029 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,028 students
Nearby schools
- Gables Elementary School0.9 mi · 446
- Mater Academy Preparatory Inc.0.9 mi · 56
- Burbank Early Childhood School1.3 mi · 217
- Centennial High School1.4 mi · 702
- Noble Academy-Columbus1.5 mi · 294
- Riverside Elementary School1.6 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About Daniel Wright Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Daniel Wright Elementary School?
Daniel Wright Elementary School enrolls approximately 590 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Daniel Wright Elementary School serve?
Daniel Wright Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Daniel Wright Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Daniel Wright Elementary School is approximately 17.4:1 (34 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Daniel Wright Elementary School?
Daniel Wright Elementary School reports a student body of 44% White, 18% Hispanic, 13% Black, 15% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Daniel Wright Elementary School public or private?
Daniel Wright Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Dublin City.
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